My kind of town: Where the still have a good old-fashioned 4th!
8:05 a.m. A concerned Bigfork resident reported that the neighbor has created some sort of “firework bomb” with several propane tanks. Apparently, he plans to set it off tonight.
8:22 a.m. Someone saw two elderly women drag a bear off of Highway 2 East.
9:42 a.m. A local man reported that his missing iPad notified him that it had made its way to Florida.
9:52 a.m. A Kalispell resident complained that the neighbor man has refused to clean up his firework mess.
1:57 p.m. Spastic boys in a Jeep Wrangler were seen chucking fireworks out the window as they drove down River Road.
2:43 p.m. The owner of a local ranch reported that four foreign men checked in to a room with only two queen beds. He thought this was weird.
2:46 p.m. A Kalispell man reported that the maintenance manager threatened to end his life over excessive water usage.
2:52 p.m. Someone reported that a man wearing fuzzy pajama bottoms was standing between ShopKo and Super 1, looking very “lost.”
7:02 p.m. A report was made about a local “bugler” who was shooting fireworks at “tubers” floating the river near Bigfork. He was told to knock it off.
7:15 p.m. Kids were seen tossing fireworks into the woods along Mountain Meadow Road.
8:48 p.m. A Kalispell resident reported that the fireworks in their neighborhood seem louder than the fireworks in other neighborhoods.
9:42 p.m. Reportedly, a drunken man shot a firework “out of his butt” in the direction of children who were sitting on a dock in Lakeside.
Firework Frenzy - Flathead Beacon
Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 24, 2016 1:34 PMAnd people wonder why we need guns up here.
Posted by: Casey Klahn at July 24, 2016 2:20 PMHaving spent a good portion of my well misspent youth there, I can rightly say the more things don't change, the more they stay the same.
Posted by: Jewel at July 24, 2016 4:05 PMVisited Kallispell several times 30-40 years ago. Came damn close to retiring to that area. Wish I had.
Posted by: BillH at July 25, 2016 6:45 AMSo what happened to the bear?
Posted by: SteveS at July 26, 2016 1:36 PMJust moved to Kalispell a couple months ago. Fun place. Can't wait for winter.
Posted by: MarkN at July 26, 2016 8:56 PM"Someone saw two elderly women drag a bear off of Highway 2 East."
Was the bear already dead?
Posted by: David D at July 27, 2016 11:26 AM
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